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Don Zagier

American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1951 · age 75

Don Bernard Zagier is an American-German mathematician whose main area of work is number theory. He is currently one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. He was a professor at the Collège de France in Paris from 2006 to 2014.

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2024Heinz Gumin Prize for MathematicsAward2007Gauss LectureshipAward2003Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris-Est-Marne-la-ValléeAward2001Karl-Georg-Christian-von-Staudt-PreisAward2000Chauvenet PrizeAward1996Élie Cartan PrizeAward1987Cole Prize in Number TheoryAward1983Carus medalAward1951Born29 June 1951

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Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics2024
Gauss Lectureship2007
Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris-Est-Marne-la-Vallée2003
Karl-Georg-Christian-von-Staudt-Preis2001
Chauvenet Prize2000
Élie Cartan Prize1996
Cole Prize in Number Theory1987
Carus medal1983

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Since October 2014, he is also a Distinguished Staff Associate at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). Among his doctoral students are Fields medalists Maxim Kontsevich and Maryna Viazovska.

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Born 1951 · age 75

The same award as Don

Gerd FaltingsBoth received Heinz Gumin Prize for MathematicsBen Joseph GreenBoth received Gauss LectureshipClifford TaubesBoth received Élie Cartan PrizeClaude ChevalleyBoth received Cole Prize in Number TheoryMartin DavisBoth received Chauvenet PrizeUlrike TillmannBoth received Gauss Lectureship